Student speakers win Lions awards

Tuesday

Feb 12, 2019 at 12:01 AM

The Ridgecrest Lions Club held its annual student speakers contest on Feb. 5 at City Hall. First place winner was Kylie Griffith who took home an award of $100. Finalist Natalie Gilbert took home $25. Both are juniors at Burroughs High School.

The topic was “Freedom of the Press, what does it mean?” Speakers delivered speeches of between 5 and 10 minutes on the topic. The contest was judged by Ridgecrest City Manager Ron Strand, Public Works Director Bard Lower and Daily Independent City Editor Jessica Weston. Lion Steven Morgan served as emcee for the evening’s events.

Griffith will now move to the next level of competition, which will take place in California City. There are six levels of competition in all. The final California contest winner will have a total of $21,000 in scholarship money. In all, $103,500 in funds will be given out in California.

Scholarship funds come from the Student Speakers Foundation, which is a 501(c)3 board. Members are Lions, including Morgan.

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